Motor control arrangement



F. H. J. VAN DER POEL ETAL 25809,337

Filed Ji1ly 25, 1955 INVENTORS FRANCISCUS HENRICUS JOZEF VAN DER POEL JOSU JEAN ILIPPE VALET ON United States Patent MOTOR CONTROL ARRANGEMENT Application July 25, 1955, Serial No. 524,118 Claims priority, application Netherlands August 3, 1954 3 Claims. (Cl. 318-175) The present invention relates to a motor control arrangement.

U. S. patent application, Serial No. 495,972, filed March 22, 1955 describes a synchronous motor driving films for television scanning purposes in order to ensure synchronsm between the film motion and the frame syn chronzation pulses of the television signal and the correct phase between them as well as a rapid start. The armature comprises permanent magnetc poles and a cage winding with preferably projectng poles, the number of which corresponds to the number of permanent mag netic poles.

This purpose may be attaned with the use of a synchronous motor of the present invention. In accordance with the invention, in a synchronous motor, the armature is coupled to a disc made from electrically conduct ing material and rotatably arranged between the poles of an electromagnet. The electromagnet is supplied with pulsatory current in such manner that only a part of the disc appears between the said poles at any time. The disc is provided With recessed portions such that, when the motor is out of its correct phase, the remaining part of the disc is braked by the pulsatory field on the electromagnet to acquire the correct phase. When the motor is in its correct phase, the disc is practically no longer braked, siuce the recessed portions of the disc are then positioned between the poles at the instances at which the pulsatory field of the electromagnet rn-ainly occurs.

Wth respect to the above-mentoned U. S. patent application, in which two dilerent positions of the rotor relative to the stator rotary field are possible in a fourpole motor, only one position of the rotor relative to the rotary field is possible in accordance wih the present invention, which is sometimes advantageous.

In order that the invention may be readily carried into efiect it Will now be described with reference to the accompanyng drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a motor control arrangement in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram in elevation of an em bodiment of the disc 4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a graphical illustration aiding in the understanding of the operation of the arrangement of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 shows a synchronous motor 1 comprising a cage armature for starting up asynchron-ously and which is connected to A. C. power supply lines 2. Secured to the armature of the motor through the motor shaft 3 is a disc 4 which may be made from copper. The disc 4 is provided With recessed portions, for cxample as shown in Fig. 2. The disc 4 is adapted to rotate between the poles of an electromagnet 5 which is supplied with pulsatory current from the A. C. supply lines 2 by means of a coil 6 and rectifier 7.

Consequently, the field set up between the poles of the electromagnet 5 has the aspect shown in Fig 3a, each pulse having a duration of second at a power supply frequency of 50 cycles per second.

289,337 Peitented Oct. 8, 1957 If the motor makes 1500 revolutions per minute, or 25 revolutions per second, t takes second per revo iution, whence it follows chat each part 8 of the disc 4 remains between the poles of the electrom-agnet 5 for second. This is dagrammatically shown as a function of the time in Fig. 3b, where the hatched parts represented the time during which copper is present beween the poles of the electromagnet 5. In Fig. 30, the phase is displaced in time. The poles of the electromagnet 5 are so arranged With respect to the disc 4 that, if the motor is running in the correct phase, the phase relationship between the rotating disc and the power supply voltage is as indicated in Figs. 3a and 30. That is, the electromagnet field pulses appear only when there is no copper of the disc 4 between the poles of said electromagnet, and no braking moment Wll be exerted on said disc.

If the motor runs out of its correct phase, the phase relationship between the rotatng disc 4 and the power supply voltage is as shown in Figs. 3a and 3b, and the motor will be braked. If the motor then slips one half pole pitch (180 electrically), the situation is again as shown in Figs. 3a and 30, so that no further braking action occurs.

This is carried through automaticaliy by energizing the coil 6, for example through a relay (net shown), by means of the rectified voltage for, say 1 or 2 seconds, on starting up the motor when it runs almost synchronously.

Por different motor speeds, different discs must be utilized, or suitable transmission means must be pro vded between the motor shaft 3 and the disc 4.

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit arrangement for a motor having an armature and adapted to be energized from an alternating current source, comprising an electromagnet having magnetic poles, means for suppyng said electromagnet wth pulsating current having a constant phase relationship to said alternating current source, a disc comprising electrically conducting material conpled to said armature and arranged to rotate between said poles, said disc having a recessed portion which occnpies a position between said poles during the occurrence of a pulse in said supplying means when said armature is rotating with the desired phase relatonship and a material portion which occupies a position between said poles during the occurrence of a pulse when said armature is rotating with an undesired phase relationship thereoy exerting a braking force on the said armatnre when the said armature is rotating with an undesired phase relationship.

2. A circuit arrangement for a motor having an arma tnre and adapted to be energized from an alternating current source, comprising an electromagnet having mag netic poles, means for supplyng said electromagnet with pulsating current having a constant phase relntionship to said alternating current source, a disc comprising electrcally conducting material coupied te said armature and arranged to rotate between said poles, said disc havng two recessed portions which occupy a position between said poles during the occurrence of a pulse in said supplying means when said armature is rotating with the desired phase relationship and two mate-rial portions which occupy a position between said poles during the occurrence of a pulse when said armature is rotating with an undesired phase relationship hereby exerting a braking force on the said armature when the said armature is rotating with an undesred phase relationshp.

3. A circuit arrangement for a synchronous motor having an armature and adapted to be energized from an alternating current source, comprising an electroma net having magnetic poles, means for supplying said electromagnet with pulsating current having a constant phasa relatonshp to said altarnating current source, a dsc comprsng electrcally conducting material coupled to said armature and arranged to rotate between said poles, said disc havng removed sections which occupy postion between said poles during the occurrence of a pulsa in said supplying means when said armature is rotating with the desired phase relationship and material sectons which occupy a poston between said po1es during the occurrence of a pulse when said armature is rotating with an undesired phase relationshp thereby exertng a braking force on (he said armature when the said armature is rotating with an undesired phase relatonshp.

References Cied in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,297,472 Hahn et al. Sept. 29, 1942 

